People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are another plus (B+) — brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Cervione has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Cervione with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Église Saint-Erasme, ancienne cathédrale: Photo: jbgeronimi · CC BY 2.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cervione.
HousingCost of living D
A typical home in Cervione sells for €2,838/m²
€2,838/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 38% of sales, apartments for the rest. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.28/m² a month, below Haute-Corse’s towns (€13.75/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Cervione recorded 47 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cervione€2,838/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
€12.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.15 to €14.87/m² a month)
8.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Costa Verde
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Cervione loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 77 per 100 expected, below Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Cervione is Antenne Smur de Corte, 18.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 262 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 202, 23% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Corse: 85.5 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There is one general practitioner here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Cervione · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur de Corte
25.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
85.5 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Corse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 30% of people in Cervione are 65 or over, more than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
53.1median age
Children under 15 count for just over a tenth of the people here. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.6%, below Haute-Corse’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Half the people of Cervione are older than 53.1.
CervioneHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Cervione earns a C for jobs & income
6%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €25,160 a year per consumption unit, higher than Haute-Corse’s towns (€23,160) and near compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 6.3% of working residents in Cervione at the census. Also worth knowing: 9.6% of the labour force are out of work.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
550
jobs based in Cervione, 0.6 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Cervione keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Cervione is Église Saint-Erasme, ancienne cathédrale. On the Culture ministry’s list, Cervione counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century.
Cervione is a commune of 2,149 people in the Communauté de communes de la Costa Verde. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
2,149 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Costa Verde
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.5 km²)
INSEE code
2B087
Cervione’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cervione
Is Cervione safe?
Cervione has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Cervione good?
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cervione expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cervione grades D for cost of living.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
